Amrita Jayakumar is a special assignments writer at NerdWallet and also writes a syndicated column about millennials and money. She joined NerdWallet in 2015, covering personal loans and then consumer credit and debt. Before that, she spent three years as a reporter at The Washington Post. Her work has also appeared in the Miami Herald, The Associated Press and USA Today. Amrita has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. Email: [email protected]
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